On May 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $42 million in funding for 22 projects to advance critical technologies for producing, storing, and deploying clean hydrogen. DOE also announced $17.8 million to establish a North American university research consortium that will help states and Tribal communities implement grid resilience programs and achieve decarbonization goals. By advancing the performance and cost of clean-hydrogen technologies while supporting grid resilience and decarbonization, DOE continues to make strides toward President Biden's goal of a 100% clean electrical grid by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Selection for award negotiations is not a commitment by DOE to issue an award or provide funding. Before funding is issued, DOE and the applicants will undergo a negotiation process, and DOE may cancel negotiations and rescind the selection for any reason during that time.
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Selectee Name |
Location |
Project Title |
Federal Share (approx.) |
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TOPIC 1: Solar Fuels from Photoelectrochemical (PEC) and Solar Thermochemical (STCH) Water Splitting |
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Arizona State University |
Tempe, AZ | Inverse Design of Perovskite Materials for Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen Production | $1 million |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | Demonstration of a Robust, Compact Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generator |
$1 million |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO | Non-Intermittent, Solar-Thermal Processing to Split Water Continuously via a Near-Isothermal, Pressure-Swing Redox Cycle |
$1 million |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO | Accelerated Discovery and Development of Perovskites for Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen Production |
$1 million |
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Yale University |
New Haven, CT | >200 cm2 Type-3 PEC Water Splitting Prototype Using Bandgap-Tunable Perovskite Tandem and Molecular-Scale Designer Coatings | $1 million |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | Honolulu, HI | Semi-Monolithic Devices for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production | $1 million |
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Saint-Gobain |
Northborough, MA | Scalable Solar Fuels Production in A Reactor Train System by Thermochemical Redox Cycling of Novel Nonstoichiometric Perovskites | $1 million |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Gallium Nitride (GaN) Protected Tandem Photoelectrodes for High Efficiency, Low Cost, and Stable Solar Water Splitting |
$1 million |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Saint Louis, MO | Ca-Ce-Ti-Mn-O-Based Perovskites for Two-Step Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen Production Cycles |
$1 million |
| The University of Toledo | Toledo, OH | All-Perovskite Tandem Photoelectrodes for Low-Cost Solar Hydrogen Fuel Production from Water Splitting |
$1 million |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | Scalable Halide Perovskite Photoelectrochemical Cell Mini Modules with 20% Solar-to-Hydrogen Efficiency and 1,000 hours of Diurnal Durability |
$940,000 |
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Funding for the HydroGEN Laboratory Consortium to provide technical assistance to TOPIC 1 projects: $8.3 million |
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TOPIC 1 Total: $19.2 million |
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TOPIC 2: Development and Validation of Sensor Technology for Monitoring and Measuring Hydrogen Losses |
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| Indrio Technologies Inc. | San Jose, CA | Multipass Palladium Optical Cavities for ppb-Level Quantification of Hydrogen Concentrations |
$1.1 million |
| Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated | Palo Alto, CA | DEtection system Comprising Inexpensive Printed sensor arrays for Hydrogen gas Emission monitoring and Reporting (DECIPHER) |
$1.5 million |
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University of Georgia |
Athens, GA | The Electrical Hydrogen Sensor Technology with a Sub-Minute Response Time and a Part-per-Billion Detection Limit for Hydrogen Environmental Monitoring | $1.5 million |
| Iowa State University | Ames, IA | Sensing Hydrogen Losses at 1 ppb-Level for Hydrogen-Blending Natural Gas Pipelines |
$1.5 million |
| Oakland University | Rochester, MI | Real-Time Ionic Liquid Electrochemical Sensor for Highly Sensitive and Selective Hydrogen Detection |
$1.5 million |
| General Electric Company | Niskayuna, NY | Hydrogen Loss Quantification Technology Enabled by Networked Dielectric Excitation Gas Sensors |
$1.5 million |
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TOPIC 2 Total: $8.6 million |
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TOPIC 3: Materials-based Hydrogen Storage Demonstrations |
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GKN Hydrogen Corp. |
Carlsbad, CA | Metal Hydride Hydrogen Storage Supporting Onsite Hydrogen Infrastructure at WGL/Washington Gas | $2 million |
| OCO Inc. | Richland, WA | Formic Acid-Based Hydrogen Energy Production and Distribution System (Formic-HEPADS) |
$2.5 million |
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TOPIC 3 Total: $4.5 million |
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TOPIC 4: M2FCT- High Performing, Durable, Low-PGM Catalysts and Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Applications |
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| University of California, Irvine | Irvine, CA | Advanced Low-PGM Cathode Catalysts with Self-Healing Properties for High Performing and Highly Durable MEAs |
$3 million |
| General Motors LLC | Pontiac, MI | Design of Catalyst Nanostructures and Interfaces for Enhanced Durability in Low-PGM HD Fuel Cell MEA |
$3 million |
| State University of New York at Buffalo | Amherst, NY | Designing Highly Durable Ternary PtCoM Intermetallic Catalysts on Advanced Support for Heavy-Duty MEAs |
$3 million |
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TOPIC 4 Total: $9 million |
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TOPIC 5: The University Research Consortium for Grid Resilience (URCGR) |
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| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | An Equitable, Affordable & Resilient Nationwide Energy System Transition (EARNEST) |
$17.8 million |
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TOPIC 5 Total: $17.8 million |
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